Lever-buckle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

JAMES F. MOLLOY, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

LEVER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Parent No. 317,168, dated May 4s, 1885.

i Application filed March 6, 1885. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs F. MoLLoY, of West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lever-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lever-buckles, which are commonly used for Suspenders and other purposes,and which consist, essentially, of two partsnamely, the plate or frame having at opposite sides ears which extend transversely thereto and are doubled or folded into positions parallel therewith, and a lever which is hinged or pivoted in or to the portions of these ears which are parallel with the plate or frame.

My invention consists, essentially, in the combination, in a buckle of the kind above described, of a plate or frame provided with ears, which have slots in their portions which are parallel with the plate or frame, and a lever having at the ends corresponding slots, one of said parts, either the ears or the lever, being slitted from each slot to the outer edge or margin, and thereby forming tongues which may be bent up or deflected and enable the two parts to be connected by means of their slots, as particularly hereinafter described, and which are afterward bent down into their former position in order to securely fasten or lock the lever and the plate or frame together to complete the hinging of the lever.

The invention also consists in minor details of construction, which I hereinafter describe, and point out in the claims. p

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a back View of a buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the plane of the dotted line m w, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a top view of the buckle. Fig. 4 represents the blank from which the plate or frame is formed. Fig. 5 represents the blank from which the lever is formed, and Fig 6 is a perspective view of the completed lever. l

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures.

A designates the plate or frame of the buckle, and B the lever. The blanks from which these two parts are to be produced by stamping are represented in Figs. 4 and 5.

As is usual in buckles of this class, I have shown the plate A as provided with a hook, a, formed integral therewith, and a springtongue, af, which is cut from the plate or frame and bent or deiiected outward, so as to close on the beak of the hook.

The blankA (shown in Fig. 4) has at opposite sides ears b, projecting in opposite directions, and which by bending are folded or doubled into positions parallel with the plate or frame, as shown in Figs. l and 3. In each of these ears b is a slot or aperture, b', formed by punching, and from this slot a slit, ik, eX- tends to the margin or edge of the ears, thereby forming a tongue, 6*.-

The formation of the slit provides for bending or deecting the tongue b* outward from the plane of the ear, and thus aifords access to the slots b.

The blank B for the lever has at its edge teeth or serrations C, and has at opposite ends slots c', rlhis lever, by folding on the dotted line s, is brought into the form shown in Fig. 6, and it will be observed that the slots c are in the angle or corner produced by bending the lever as described.

When the lever and plate or frame are to be connected,'the tongues b* are bent upward out of the plane of the ears, and the slots c b in the lever and plate or frame may` then be interlocked, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, the slots b receiving the bars or portions c* which are .beyond the slots'c in the lever, and the slots c in the lever receiving the tongues b l of the ears b. The tongues b* are then bent down to their former position on the same plane with the ears, and the lever is thereby securely confined in the ears b, and has a proper hinged joint therein.

As here shown, the slits l extend from the slots b in the ears b downward to the lower margin of said ears, and hence,when the lever is combined therewith, as shown in Fig. l, the said lever overlies the said slits, and the lower ends of the tongues b* prevent their lifting or raising from the plane of the ears b.

Inv lieu' of slitting the ears b from their slotsV b outward or downward, the ends of the lever might be slitted from their slots c outward with like effect.

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I desire to limit iny invention to buckles in which the plate or frame is provided with ears which extend transversely thereto and are then folded or bent into positions parallel with the plate orfranie, said ears having slots in those portions which are parallel with the plate or frame. The portions of the ears which are s0 parallel then forin supports for the lever B, which overlies them and keeps said lever from dropping down on the web or suspender.

Vhat I claim as iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a pla-tie or frame having ears b, extending transversely thereto, folded or bent inward into positions parallel therewith, andYV provided in their portionsV which are parallel with the plate or franie with slots b', of a lever also provided with slots c at the ends, one of said parts having slits extending froni the slots to the edge or margin thereof7 and thereby forming tongues which provide for the interlocking of the parts, the slots b receiving the portions c* of the lever which are outside the slots c, and the slots c of the lever receiving the portions In* of the plate or frame which are inward of the slots b', substantially as herein described.

2. The co1nbination,with a plate or'franie provided with ears b, extending transversely thereto and folded or bent inward into positions parallel therewith,and provided in their portions which are parallel with the plate or frame with slots b, and slits extending from said slots to the edge of the ears, of a lever provided with slots c', which are interlocked inargin of the ears, of a lever, B, having slots c,which are interlocked with the slots in the ears, and which overlie the slits :t and the lower ends 'of thc tongues b* formed by the slitsif, substantially as herein described.

JAMES l?. MGLLOY.

Vfitnesses:

FRANK CALLING,

{oBERT LYNN. 

